Sheila Armstrong (tennis)
British tennis player
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Sheila Armstrong (1939–1979) was a British tennis player. She became Sheila Brown after marriage.[1]
Born in 1939, Armstrong grew up around Manchester, where her father worked as a bank manager. The family lived in the town of Droylsden before they moved to Didsbury to be close to the Northern Lawn Tennis Club.[2] She attended Manchester Girls High School.[3] In 1955 she claimed the junior singles title at Wimbledon.[1] The following year, Armstrong won the junior doubles event with Lorraine Coghlan during the 1956 Australian Championships.[4]
Armstrong earned a place on the British Wightman Cup team in 1957, playing doubles with Shirley Broomer. She made the singles fourth round at Wimbledon in 1957 and reached the quarter-finals of the women's doubles in 1960 partnering Deidre Catt. In 1960, her final year touring, she won several titles on the French Riviera tennis circuit.[5]
